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Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on early years settings.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on early years settings.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...

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